lrttwSt&m ' "frrwmum Wjif- 'n,X'Mfk' TtT"" "-' 1- t"f i i)JMI-W.M11" "'lHWWJ s CALL OFF PLUMBERS' STRIKE AT CAMP DIX Government Refflscd to Dis cus Wage Adjustment Until BJen Resumed Work SUICIDE IS ATTEMPTED Regiment, Perhaps Brigade, Here April 27 for Liberty Loan ? Demonstration lftla pUpatch to the Vunlxo I'utilto I.tditr Camp PU, Wrlfhutown, N, J., April 10. Instructions from the Government dat they would not discuss any wage differences wlh plumbers, Mho quit nork on the bate lionpU.il buildings, until they had returned to work at the present wage scale, had the desired ct feet and eighteen of tho thlrty-flvc men, tiho walked out a week ago, vvlnin their demands were not met, resumed work yesterday. A Government representative U on his way here to dlcuss tho ques tion with the men. Sevoral neck ago (he Matter Plumbers decided to advanco wages from sixty-two and one-half cents to raventy-IHe cents an hour and tho men emplojed here by I'lpcr Brothers, who are doing the plumbing work on the various convalescent' vvarde, and b Geortto Worrell, who lias tho contract for the new nurses' homo and lied Crows building, demanded the Increase from the contractors. When It was refused a strike waa declared, the men say, by the union, but tho latttr'a representa tives say that tho men themselves de elded on tho course. In the meantlmo work on the build ings at the hospital has been suspended, and tbe walkout had tho effect of keep ing In Trenton forty more plumbers who were to have started work this week. Arrangements are being mado by u committee of Philadelphia residents ivherebj a part of the "Lightning" divi sion wll take part In a Liberty Loan demonstration In the Quaker City on April 37. Just how many men wU take part depends on the desires of the com mittee arranging the alTalr, but at least a regiment and perhaps a brlgado will march In the parade. Itecrult Frederick Ltnberry. who was sent down here a week ago by Diaft Hoard No. 10, of Newark, is in the baso hospital suffering from wounds caused when ho slashed his throat In un at tempt td commit suicide Just beforo rev We Sunday. It Is expected that he will recover. The mission for Catholic soldiers w 111 clsso tomorrow, when the. men will re ceive holy communion in a body. A number of out-of-town prleEts aro us. elating the Missionary Fathers In hear ing confessions this afternoon. A school for chauffeurs and mechanics la now under way in the repair shop of the 3S7th Motortruck Company. Cup tain Carter Is tho senior Instructor and W. A, Townsend, of the Y, M. C. A., advisory Instructor, AIRPLANES CONVOY TKAIN Unusual Escort Provided for Miss Wilson in Texas TVco, Tex., April 10 Miss Margaret "Wilson, daughter of tho President, was escorted by a convoy of airplanes from Illch Field when she left here for Austin. The machines. In battle formation, flew ever tho train for tnanv miles and then ' "-. .,, wn etA in V,M Miss Wilson has been making a tour of the army cantonments In Texas. A j .ANARGYROS CAPITAL STOCK HOESxREPLACING GUNS IN AUSTRIAN ARMIES Dual Monarchy Serijs Former-Soldiers to Fields to Meet Press injr Food Needs With the Amtrlenn Ann) In 1 ritiiee, April 10 Tim Austrian high command M granting leavm of nbneocc to fannere and foresters during tho lull In Autttla war activities t take eare of the crops this spring, It was learned toda Leaver of absence In tho Austrian urm aro said to be more numerous than ever befuie The great number of them Rive rise to Inqulrlof In the llelchrnt, which brought out the retjtoiiw that 'Auntilas future food needs would be taken care or even If soldiers had to bo employed for teo p.upose." A (icrmun army iloiuimnt t.gnrd Li'dendorfT. and pointing out that ' tho term propaganda in subject to un fortunate interpretation has fallen into the hands of tho Americans l.udcu ff who la chief of staff lo Von IJIn denburg, advises tho substitution of the wonN patriotic tnxtruuioti Ludcn dorft further directs that emphasis bo laid upon Om submarine warfaio and the pi cient battle In troop Inslrut tluii MEADE MEN TO SAIL BEFORE HOT MONTHS Nobody Knows When, but Lib erty Division's Machine-Gun Buttalions Are Shifted Bv a ktaff Corrcaiwnttriii tamp Memlr, Md., April 1U Nubody at this tamp knows when the Liberty Division will be culled for overseas serv ice, but there Is un unusual umoiint of activity at headquarters and a heap of talk In the barrack Officers who claim to be on the "in side" und In touch with tlio big hlefs at Washington, feel confident that the Little I'eim outfit will bull before tin real hot months of summer, and to sub stantiate that lalm aro pointing to reorranlzatlon of tho machine gun bat talions Orders wero Issued today which mako it possible for the 311th and 312th ma chine gun battalions to get on a war footing very nietdlly. To git the trained men that arc necessary, tin 310th machine gun battalion will con tribute two companies, one to each of Its sister units. As for the 310th, the new plan ruIN for a complete motorization of the bat talion Motorizing machine gun units Is Is a now "wrinkle," but one that Is es sential, according to division officers AppiolmateIy 258 aututrucl.u ire to In obtained, and with the aid of gasoline will carry the rapld-llrers into Ilvelv wctot-8 on the fighting lines Allied officers speak volumes of prulsi for the motorized machine gun and nt.srt that It will become a most ImjKirtnut arm of the urtlllery There are many I'hlla delphians In the 310tn machine run bat talion, and all are nnlous for a try at the new service Another slloo was cut from Little I'cnn's military organization toda when n detachment of the Kortj -fifth Kn glneers was hent to Camp Humphrtjs, Accotlnk, Va Tho ramp's wiestling tournament opens tonight under the auspices of the Y M C A , and among tho tlrst mat artists to perform will bo tho giant Italian, Paul Manimucarl, who claims to to the champion wrestler of Home It's u long, long vi a from Home to Anno Arundel County, Mnoland but Mammucari huh that he Is Just us formidable as In the am lent city Yesterday's driving rain proved a blessing to the bo) a, for It gave them a relief from outdoor drills and pei mlttcd tho men who paitlclp.eted In the Baltimore hike to take a much needed rest. ra-. . . t V. v. l.JtW OWHto bt r.i.v. EVENING PUBLIC JOHN J. KENNEDY At the iirc of nineteen, he is now u first class yeoman in the navy, ufter enlisting when sev enteen ycjrb old. His liome is ut 82'J East Allegheny nvenue, und his brother, Henry J. Ken nedy, is now in uctive set vice in Frnncc. LEND GKEECE $04,000,000 Latest of Allied Hellifrcients to Get I United States Loan ' VViKliliiRtnn, April 10 The United States will make a loan of $01,000,000 j to CIreeco as soon ns tho tlreck Parlia ment has passed tho necessary author izing legMaUon, it Is announced at the Tieasurj. The credit was arranged in Parts b Oscar T Crosb, Assistant bccreUry of Jhe Tteasury and American repre sentative on the ltitr-lllcd touticil It was found neressnr. however, for tho Oxek (jovirnmeiit to obtain special leg islation before lluallj concluding an agreement Orevee Is the latest of the Allied bel llgeients In Luropc to get it loan from tho United States A credit of 10,6tiS, 000 for ltumanla was arranged suverul months ago and a pament of 55,000, OOO was made through llusfla, Ovei tluow of the Kerencky government pic vented Its dulivei), however, and It was retlirnpd to the Treiislirv li re In view of the Indefinite situation on the! Ilumanlan front the status of this loan has not definitely been determined. War Hard on German Nobility Amsterdam. April 10 Latest Issues ot Ooth.i h Uenealoglcal Manuals sho r the hcavj drain of the war on (icrm in noblllt.v Summarlrid b the Kolulm lie i Volkszeltung the manuals show these losses Two hundred and seventy mem- In rs of families of eounts, 633 members of bantiilc.il families, 43 menfbers ot the oM nobllltj and 83C of the patent nubllltv , I LEDGER-PfflLADELPIIIA, WEDNESDAY, APEIL 10, 1918 GOOM'CLELLANMEN PICKED FOR PERSHING Jersey Furnishes 200 Al Sol diersFew Take Furloughs for Spring Planting SpfCI'iI rlpatth lo Vitumg PuU a Ltio'r Camp MrtlrllHii, ViinlMon, Ala., April 10. Tho second demand for a heavy I draft of enlisted men lo be made within j a month has been compiled with hero In the selection of COO privates from the two Infantry brldgades Ihefe men, taken In ull probability to bo used In n placing the killed and wounded In I'emlM'a expeditionary forces, have been transferred to the Infantry un assigned und will remain hero for tho present Nov Jersey gave two-thirds of the entire uuotn, 400 men having been selected from the 113th and 114th In fantry regiments, which are In the B7tli Infantry Hrlg.uW' MurUnd and Vir ginia contributed the other 30(i mm ft urn the U6tli Infantry und UGtli In fantrj. A few weeks ago more than 700 men were selected In a similar manner All of the men In the present draft are privates and the various organizations have wnt some of their best soldleis among tho. COO which the Illue and firuy Division has been called upon to release. War Depattnient oiders providing furloughs for men needed at home to nsslst on their farms with tho spring Planting have been tceelvcd at head nuiriers heic So fat the icquests for such furloughs have been less than ten It Is not believed llkel that there will be any extensive outpouiiliL' of men from this division Tho big hike of the Ulftv -eighth In fantrv Urlgide and supporting organ izations, which was to huve started yes terday morning, was postponed owing to tho tevcte storm that raged over this seitlnu of the South La k nf Iransp'-itatlon facilities eaused hundreds of Idleri) to gei caught in the cltj Men slept all nlRtil on the floors nt one of the hotels nnrt every available bed In the city was util ized Kotir bands from this division are nsslstlng the Calhoun Llbettj Loan boosteis In their big campaign, Tho death rreently of l'rlvate William It Hlcw, nf llrldgeton, a member of I'ompiny M, 113th Infantrj, cabt a gloom over the bovs of his company and his f i lends In the New Jcrsej organlza- I tlons Illen- died at tin baso hospital of pncumonli Ills body has been bent home foi Intel metit I A new etllelein v ho ird has been ' ll.imr.fl 111' VI. I Wr Ctf lier.il fit.'! I!,m i! Vfnr- ton It lonsltts of Lleutenunt Cof lonel tho United states 1 ood A'imliilsttatlou William It .Martin Kllzabeth , Lleuteti- ' ' uPpiovlng the older of the l-Vd-nnt I'olonel i laudc 13 Landerman, Kist r''1 J,J, J'0'"1 ,of A-" ,'i0,r,,f ,,",r,cl Orunge, und Lieutenant Colonel Kdwurd I .""- 'Swl't .r " " " ,fnd all dealings C. James. Last Orange. '" eggs in New 1 oik city for a thlrtv- S j nay period, with Mich exceptions as tho SEND ZIONISTS TO DOCTORS Medical Unit Will Leave to Build New Jewish State Help New inrli. April 10 The American Zionists will soon send fort-one doc tors, nurses, sanitarians, mechanics, tor.) nurses, sanitarians, mechanics, pliainiacists and dentists to 1'alestlne to co-operate with the Jewish administra te commission wlileh Is laving tho fouu ditlon for the luturo Jiwlsh fetato In tho Hob Liud Tho movement has been sanctioned by tho Villi d States and Urlttfh Govern ments The unit was equipped at a cost of jjto.oon bv Iladassah, the women's bianch of the Zionist cause. A hospltnl in Jerusalem already has been placed at tho disposal of the American contingent. ', m a HB guttle BPkI l ? , J J ON TORPEDOED SHIP George E. Daniels (above) and his brother Charles, both of -132 North Eighth sticet, Cumden. vveie members of the crew of tho steamship Atlantic Sun, torpedoed und sunk off the coast of Scotland. The former was rescued, but Charles Daniels was di owned when a lifeboat capsized while he wab being locued. POOD BAN HITS SWIFTS U. S. Confnms Order for Suspension of New Votk Egg Concern New 'Vork, April 10 Tho Mile that a company which btijs food products from j a profiteer .it a price which It knows try be unieasoualilc bicunns the medium , bv Whllh lilt. eesHle fllaiue Is n.iKsed nlrnn' in ih, , tiMiii,i,.r t. i u f.lt.o . ,1 1.. fecieiai looct ooara in tins tin may deem best for the good of tho public. KAZAN NEW REPUBLIC Province in Eustcrn European Russia Declare Its Independence London, April 10 Acioidlng to a dis patch from I'etrograd Kazan Province, In eastern L'uropeau Russia, has been pro claimed an Independent republic bv tho congress of peasants In that province. The council of people's commissioners has been notified to this effect Kazan l'rovliuo Is In the olga region and its capital, Kazan, Is 430 miles east ot Moscow, The population of moio th ut S.OOO.UOO is about one-half Russian and more than oiic-fouith Taitar. Its urea Is 21,000 square miles. needed, Uncle Sam! My word is 28TH DIVISION READY TO GO INTO TRENCHES Penilsylvanians at Camp Hun-1 cock Arc Eager to Exchange Sample for Reality WANT TO lEET BQCIIE u- I Defense and Offense, With Bayonet I und Bullet, Tnught in Fin ishing Touches ijteelat TWrsraia lo fiit'l.c Leditr Cnmii llttlieoil., Auguils, lis., April 10 S'oldlept of tho twenty-eighth divi sion will not bo gieen to warfare as It Is staged In Vranco when they go acrobS The training they uic receiving here Is tho reason Lvery day sees the soldiers becoming moro and more proficient In the business of war. and when the llmo comes to go actoss tho Kostono Division will be ready to u man to take Its place In tho front-lino tremhes. Trench work Is occuplng the atten tion of tho Infantrymen nt present, und despite the hardships, tho men as a tulc lilvo tho sampling and tuo anxious to tusto the real article. They aro eager lor Prunco, ".No Man's Land" und a chance at the Hun 1'rom easy shifts in tho trenches through various stages tho four Infantry leglmeiits have progressed to the point where tho men are occupylnc the divi sion trenches for fortv -eight-hour peri ods, during which time they eat, drill and sleep In the Intremlimeiits and dug outs Port -eight hours In trenches means two das and two nights, and si almost equal to the shifts which they will hive to do when the go utross Jt is lutd work, but Is bornee with a lellsh. for Its needed preparation Day and night In the trenches Is not i Just eating, sleeping and drilling, for theio are other things that take the form of attacks bv da and night, rulds I and the like The latest phase of the training Is gas-defense drill In the lienches, ut which the men under actual conditions which they will encounter In Prance aro instructed In donning their gas masks to ward off tho poisonous gas which tho boche will launch at them A demonstration was held jesterday, which was highly commended by the officers All Instruction at the camp, however, is not of a defensive future Instead,, the offensive Is being taught with a much annllcatlou The hullct-and-buv- onet creed Is being pushed throughout tne division The members of the old I'entiMlvanla fiuard (allied baonet but thej wero useless tos compared with the dangerous weapon Into widen the have developed under tho e. ireful tutelage of the ofilcers of the Trench and Hrltlsh army mission 13aonei j work It! no longer a sporting proposi tion ; Instead, It Is a stern reallt wherein no retieapltf taught nothing but the quickest und shortest jab, with death us the finish for the Itun who Is In the patli Prom clumsy effotts ut tlrst the I'ennsylvanlans have fo carefully plodded along at "going over the top' until they do It with a grace und snap that curies everything before It ana causes exclamation of wonderment at their dash from -visiting ofllccrs and others who havo witnessed them. Target practice also Is being pushco, and from firing at tugulatlon targets to stimulating tho Imagination by shooting nt a ll-ftf-slzo picture of a lloilie, the men ot tho Ke.vstone division ato be-, coming adept shots. All In ull, ever thin,; that Is neces- last i-t ?w ,-;,v s sary to a vvell-organfzed army ts being taught the I'ennsylvanlans. When they go across they will carry with them a knowledge of what to do under earn and every circumstance of wnrfaro that It now known to military strategists. TO QPJJJf CAMDEN SCHOOL $(300,000 Building to Bo Dedicated on April 25 Camden's new JSOO.OOO schoolltouso will bo dedicated April 28, although it will he In use early next week. Provost LMgar P. Smith, of the Vnlvctslty of l'enne)lvanlu; Oovernor Waller L'rtgo, of New Jerse, and other prominent men will take part In tho exercises Pupils will have been moved Into the spacious new building before the end or the week, It Is understood, L'dmund 11 Held, president of the Hoard of Educa tion, Is preparing to put the new struc ture to Immediate use. Its ninety-nine evenly graduated pearls weigh 218.6 grains arc perfect ly matched and possess a most pleasing color and lus tre. $6800.00. HOLMES ELECTRIC PROTECTIVE COMBANY 8l2CHESXNUTSTWalnirt61ifMaml290 .1 dollar, if my bond. nnuuia at 3 NONE HlfS Rending Man Charged With MorS Attempt After Restaurant F(gtj Heading. r AprlJ 10.-la uJM thirty years old, Is under arrettt iw a charge of attempt ro murder tw.V.' low countrymen, John Dldora and ivr Taporl, and Captain Charts 0, WnS pollco detective. " tt Passing Halkas's restaurant, CaitS Miller heard two shots and un nnd Taporl running out of th 2S Miller sas ),e saw Halkals a revolver and wildly gestlcuhui .!' detective mado a rush tor the m -tho later fired twin, at him, th. J repotted, one bullet barely nlnnir detrctlvo'a shoulder. r "' tt, Women n tho place blocked nJ? of Halkals, when the latter iSts!? fled, long enough to enable Ijiiki. get out of the restaurant, hut it, ft tlvo chased tho man over bacl : im. ! caught him. K lou UK) ' An Exceptional Pearl Necklace S. Kind & Sons, 1110 chestnut st. DIAMOND MUUCHANTsSJUWULCnS SILVERSMITHS The Burglar "Wires" Us when he tries to break into prop erty we are protecting. He doesn't know that he does, but the result is that an alarm is sounded in our central ohlcc. Our men respond immediately, The burglary is prevented, and your property is protected. This is but one feature of Holmes Service. May we tell you what the others are? -! itfiMUMBlWIlilW"1 ' ! i iV ' " ''J.T t L ''v.Jf . -.- ft' M - - va n W . '0 . 'ESTMENT I Will' t ' fijl"1" ' I .
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